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U.S. Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter will deliver the keynote address at the California Association for Postsecondary Education and Disability (CAPED) 2011 conference on Sunday, Oct. 16, at 6 p.m. Kanter, a former president of CAPED, will discuss the Department’s efforts to support...

Top officials at the U.S Department of Education involved with programs that serve infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities will address the 74th Annual Conference and Business Meeting of the National Association of State Directors of Special Education Monday in Chicago.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rural Outreach John White will participate in the federal technical assistance workshop on Friday, October 14 at the Charleston Civic Center to support the Appalachian Regional Development Initiative. White will discuss career training and federal resources during...

U.S. Department of Education Senior Advisor on Early Learning Jacqueline Jones will visit the Campagna Center’s Head Start First Day Celebration at TC Williams Tiny Titan’s Classroom to share a story with the children and discuss the Obama Administration’s commitment to early learning, at 10 a.m...

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will be one of several Obama Administration officials participating in the U.S.-India Higher Education Summit at Georgetown University on Thursday, Oct. 13. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will open the conference, and Duncan will deliver...

Sue Swenson, deputy assistant secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, will lead a panel discussion at the Coleman Institute National Conference on Cognitive Disability and Technology in Challenging Economic Environments, "State of the States, State of the Nation: 2011,” on...

Frank Chong, deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office and Vocational and Adult Education, will give remarks and participate in a Town Hall meeting on helping students succeed in community college at the 2011 Community College Leadership Conference in Dallas on...

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Assistant Secretary Russlynn Ali, along with officials in Los Angeles, will announce the successful resolution of the first proactive civil rights enforcement action taken by the U.S. Department of Education under the Obama Administration on a national...

Lynnae Ruttledge, commissioner of the U.S. Department of Education's Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), will deliver the keynote address to the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation Annual Conference Wednesday in Lehi, Utah.